Notes for: Marshall Erastus Sebastius Bodine

Marshall's wife may have been an Emma ________. She may be listed as the mother of Roy Bodine on his tombstone in Fingal Cemetery in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.

The Best-Bodine files list both July 4 and July 9 as his birth day.

Information from Lorman Lundsten says he homesteaded in Manitoba, Canada. Other information says he was 65 years old when he did this.

From Ronny Bodine:

1891 Canada Census, Southwold, Elgin West, Ontario.
Marshall BODINE 43, Jane 38, Clara B. 16, Earl K. 11, Alma M. 7, Clarence E. 4. All persons born in Ontario.

Death Notice, The Evening Tribune (San Diego, Calif.) of 13 Aug 1932.
BODINE--Aug. 12th, 1932. Jennie Bodine, a native of Canada, age 79 yrs. Announcement later by Benbough Funeral Parlors, 7th and Date sts.

From Ontario, Canada Birth Records:
1873, 30 Apr.: Mahlon Roy, born to Marshal Bodine & Jenny Taggert in Southwold, Fingue, Elgin, Ontario.
1875, 20 May: Clara Bell, born to Marshal Bodine & Jennie Tigert in Southwold, Elgin, Ontario.
1880, 12 Apr: Roy Earl, born to Marshall Bodine & Jenny Taggert in Westminster Twp., Middlesex, Ontario.
1884, 19 Feb: Mabel Alma, born to Marshall Bodine & Jennie Taggert in Southwold, Elgin, Ontario.
1886, 17 Sep: Marshall Elmore Clarence, born to Marshall Bodine & Jennie Tagart in Southwold Twp., Elgin, Ontario.
1895, 14 July: Mahlon Leonard Leslie, born to Marshall S. Bodine & Isabella Fauls in Southwold Twp., Elgin, Ontario.
1897, 25 Nov: Lois Ethel, born to Marshall Bodine & Margaret Isa Faulds in Middlesex, London, Ontario.

Obituary, The Leader-Post (Saskatchewan, Canada) of Thursday, 7 Feb 1929.
KINCAID, Sask., Feb. 6.---Funeral service for Mrs. Margaret I. Bodine, of Hazenmore, was held Sunday afternoon in the Apostolic Tabernacle, Kincaid. The deceased, who was 79 years of age, died in the Weyburn Hospital on Thursday evening. The funeral service was in charge of Pastor R. G. Kylio, the minister of the Tabernacle. A large number of relatives and friends followed the remains to the Kincaid cemetery, where interment was made. Deceased leaves to mourn her, her husband, Marshall, a son, who is resident in the United States, and a daughter, Mrs. Fred Brodie, of the Dudson district.

Obituary, The Leader-Post (Saskatchewan, Canada) of Monday, 30 June 1930.
KINCAID, Sask., June 29. The funeral service for the late Michael [sic] Bodine, who died Monday at the home of his son-in-law, Frank Brody, was held in the Pentecostal church Wednesday afternoon. There was a large crowd of people present and this and a number of floral tributes showed the esteem in which the deceased was held throughout the community. The deceased was a member of the Pentecostal church and was well known throught the community having for the past few years been the agent for the gospel calendar. Interment was made in Kincaid cemetery. The deceased, who died at the age of 83, leaves to mourn him, two sons, Earl and Clarence and two daughters, Mrs. Frank Brody of Kincaid; Mrs. A. Craig, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. D. Bodine, a daughter-in-law of Ashland, Wis. The deceased came from Fingal, Ont., in 1912 and homesteaded south of Aneroid. He was predeceased by his wife in February, 1929.